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   livery

   /ˈlɪv(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a special uniform worn by a servant, an official, or a member of a City Company: "yeomen of the guard wearing a royal red and gold livery"
   • ▪ a special design and colour scheme used on the vehicles, aircraft, or products of a particular company: "the city's trams are painted in a red and white livery"
   • 2. short for livery stable North American
   • 3. (in the UK) the members of a City livery company collectively.
   • 4. a provision of food or clothing for servants. historical
   • 5. the ceremonial procedure at common law of conveying freehold land to a grantee. historical British

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French livree ‘delivered’, feminine past participle of livrer, from Latin liberare ‘liberate’ (in medieval Latin ‘hand over’). The original sense was ‘the dispensing of food, provisions, or clothing to servants’; hence livery1 (sense 4), also ‘allowance of provender for horses’, surviving in the phrase at livery and in livery stable. livery1 (sense 1) arose because medieval nobles provided matching clothes to distinguish their servants from others'.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLIVERY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   LIVERY definition: 1. a special uniform worn by servants or particular officials 2. a special pattern or design that…. Learn more.

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   livery: [noun] the apportioning of provisions especially to servants : allowance.

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   LIVERY meaning: 1. a special uniform worn by servants or particular officials 2. a special pattern or design that…. Learn more.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLIVERY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   9 meanings: 1. the identifying uniform, badge, etc, of a member of a guild or one of the servants of a feudal lord 2. a uniform.... Click for more definitions.

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   Livery definition: a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.. See examples of LIVERY used in a sentence.

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   Define livery. livery synonyms, livery pronunciation, livery translation, English dictionary definition of livery. n. pl. liv·er·ies 1. A distinctive uniform worn by the male servants of a household. 2.

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   Law. The legal delivery of real property into a person's possession ( to have (also give, take) livery ); (also) a writ by which possession of property is obtained from the Court of Wards and Liveries (abolished in 1660). See livery of seisin at Phrases P.1; cf. to sue one's livery at Phrases P.2. Now historical.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishlivery noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French livree ‘delivered’, feminine past participle of livrer, from Latin liberare ‘liberate’ (in medieval Latin ‘hand over’). The original sense was ‘the dispensing of food, provisions, or clothing to servants’; also ‘allowance of fodder for horses’, surviving in the phrase at livery and in livery stable.

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    A livery is a place that will take care of your horse, for a fee. ... Definitions of livery. noun. uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs. see more see less. type of: uniform. clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification.

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    Livery definition: A distinctive uniform worn by the male servants of a household.